Indulging in Carnal Desire
Chapter 222: [Khan’s Story 14] Encountering a kidnapper

At this moment, it was already the fourth of the five night watch period¹(1) Fourth of the five night watch period is from 01:00 – 03:00 in the morning..

At first, Hu Luoyan was going to lie back down in his bed to sleep for the remainder of the night, but his sharp intuitions, which were honed from being exposed to dangerous environments all year round, told him that something wasn’t right. His surroundings seemed quiet, too quiet.

Even though the relay station was situated in the outskirts of the country and there were no signs of human habitation elsewhere, there were still quite a number of guests stationed in this place. Although those people have been moved to another floor for the sake of welcoming their group, some noise from the others should still be unavoidable.

Moreover, he even arranged for some of his soldiers to guard at night, patrolling the area once every hour. But now, the only thing he could hear apart from the deafening silence was the soft chirping of insects, the situation was certainly too odd.

He immediately got up and went out to check, the first thing coming to his mind being the little princess’s safety next door. The two servant girls on night watch were languidly lying down on the ground against the doorpost, appearing as though they were already fast asleep. Hu Luoyan’s heart clenched, and without any regard for the distance to be maintained between man and woman, he brazenly entered her room.

Seeing the girl’s peaceful sleeping countenance, Hu Luoyan instantly heaved a breath of relief.

However, before he could leave, the dormant woman on the bed woke up.

“Who… are you?”

Who am I?

Hu Luoyan responded internally, ‘I’m your husband!’

However, he didn’t dare say this out. After all, he wasn’t supposed to be here.

‘Creak.’

In the dead of the night, the slightest noise could become the most audible thing in the world. The creak of the opening door crept into the two people’s ears, and the very moment Hu Luoyan saw Chu Jiao furrowing her brows, intending to say something out of the blue, he quickly covered her mouth.

“Sshhh…”

He wrapped his arms around the girl’s small back, softly uttering a hush into the girl’s ears.

Just a minute ago, Chu Jiao had been unable to distinguish dreams from reality, but upon sobering up, she easily recognized his pair of eyes.

Aside from that perverted Khan, whom else could it be!?

Come on. If you’re going to speak, then just speak! What are you getting so close for!

Chu Jiao’s sensitive ears twitched, but she remained still in his arms, void of any resistance or harsh words.

She didn’t hear any sounds, but she subconsciously believed the man’s reaction.

Despite having the soft and fragrant jade in his arms, Hu Luoyan was not in the mood to properly appreciate her.

The imperceptible footsteps grew closer and closer, and more than one person could be identified. Apart from one dagger, Hu Luoyan did not carry any other weapon with him. Moreover, the person in his arms was also very feeble. Under these perilous circumstances, his only option was to hide from plain view.

After his gaze landed on the carved wooden bed, he grabbed her thin waist and brought her down under the bed with him in a flash.

In the next second, two pairs of legs wrapped in darkness appeared in their view.

“Where’s the person!?”

“I don’t know! Do you think she realized!?”

“That’s impossible! Everyone’s knocked out, so how could she be an exception!”

“Continue searching for them! This is His Majesty’s command! We must capture the princess right away since she is an extremely important bargaining chip!”

Chu Jiao’s sleepiness had already vanished by this point as she listened in on the conversation between the two, blinking her eyes in ponder.

Had she almost gotten kidnapped?

Why were they trying to capture her? Was it to coerce her Father Emperor? Or, was it to coerce the man in front of her?

As for Hu Luoyan who was also lying on the ground and eavesdropping on the conversation, he could immediately take a gander at who the mastermind behind this plot was.

With such foolish subordinates, it was none other than that brainless second brother of his.

Hu Luoyan’s second brother was called Tuoba Rui, and he was considered to be the earliest one to be kicked out of the candidates for the king’s position. The most crucial reason being, that he never used his head whenever he did something. Even though his Consort Mother was a witch from the Southern borders, leaving behind many useful servants for him, apart from using poison and making threats, he had no other tricks up his sleeves. Despite his earlier attempts being considered successful, once Hu Luoyan had learnt all his tricks, he had come up with ways to repel every single one of them.

Hu Luoyan’s mother left him a number of things, and among them was a miraculous pill that could cure all types of poisons, which he had digested early on. As such, he was not the least bit afraid of being schemed against by Tuoba Rui.

The year the battle for the throne grew more intense, Tuoba Rui was defeated by the third prince and returned to his fief, crestfallen. Thus, Hu Luoyan never settled accounts with him after he ascended the throne. But, he didn’t think that after a few days of peace from him, he had quickly jumped back on his feet.

Hu Luoyan could already guess that the second prince must’ve drugged their food tonight. That was why everyone was knocked out with the exception of him as well as the girl in front of him.

Why was the little princess completely unharmed?

Hu Luoyan suddenly recalled what happened during the sunny afternoon when he secretly stole a kiss from her.

His dark face suddenly tinged red.

[Completed]